prelusive

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Brad and Jont had begun to tune their fiddles, and the first prelusive snapping of strings at once awakened Heman's nerves to a pleasant tingling; he was excited at the nearness of the coming joy.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Brown, Alice

And scarcely have they disappeared 35 Ere the prelusive hymn is heard:— With one consent the people rejoice, Filling the church with a lofty voice!

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

The last words were murmured as if to himself rather than to us, and he accompanied them abstractedly with tentative, prelusive chords, which gradually grew into the most strangely moving music I have ever heard.

From A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Sampson, George

We hope to find that the last essay, upon the "Moral Ideal," is prelusive to another effort in this direction.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various

What makes the matter worse is, that this happened at the very opening of the diet, and whilst the grand prelusive symphony of the whole hidden people was in full burst.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various